El accidente vascular encefálico en ni？os con drepanocitosis

stroke is one of the more severe complications of drepanocytemia. it appears mainly in the first decade of life, with a trend to recurrence, and with cognitive and neurologic permanents. its optimal prevention and treatment are not accurately established, but nowadays, the more used strategies with better results are the red-blood cell transfusions and the hydroxyurea. transcranial doppler ultrasound (tcus) is an usefulness and safe method to predict stroke in many patients.